Exactly 1,180 of the 33,930 biology professionals employed in California, work in Palm Desert. The number of biology professionals in Palm Desert has grown by 10% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for biology professionals in Palm Desert has increased, overall employment in Palm Desert has also increased.

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In Palm Desert, salaries for biology professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $62,784 per year was earned by biology professionals in Palm Desert. Biology professionals in Palm Desert made a yearly average salary of $59,668, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of biology professionals in Palm Desert is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Biology professionals in Palm Desert make a median yearly salary of $60,738. The 10% of biology professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $36,326 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $92,778 per year.

Biology professional salaries in Palm Desert are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Palm Desert's biology professionals are graduates of the only accredited biology school in the city.

Palm Desert's biology schools offer 2 biology degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 26 students graduated from biology courses.